Accident Pitts S1-S N99PF, Wednesday 11 March 1998

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Date:	Wednesday 11 March 1998
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Pitts S1-S
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N99PF
MSN:	1-0006
Total airframe hrs:	1088 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-360-B4A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Zephyrhills, FL - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	(KZPH)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot stated he was making a touch-and-go landing with a crosswind, and had not applied sufficient aileron for the crosswind. He lost directional control of the airplane, and it subsequently nosed over. The pilot had a total of 14.4 hours in the Pitt S1-S airplane.

Probable Cause: the pilot's improper use of flight controls (ailerons) during a touch-and-go landing with a crosswind, resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent nose over of the airplane. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's lack of total experience in kind of aircraft.

Accident investigation: